[Barn Players] February 2016 Newsletter

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February 2016 Newsletter

What's Happening at The Barn February 22 - Noon to 12:30pm - KKFI "Legally Blonde" Interview February 26 - OPENING NIGHT: "Legally Blonde" (with wine!)

Legally Blonde: The Musical Legally Blonde: The Musical Book by Heather Hach Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture Directed by Guy Gardner Musical Direction by James Levy FEB 26-MAR 13, 2016 | FRI & SAT 7:30pm, SUN 2:00pm Plus INDUSTRY NIGHT, MON, MAR 7, 7:30pm STARRING Maggie Marx, Zach Faust & Kristen Altoro FEATURING Whitney Armstrong, Natalie Baughman, Kaitlyn Dewell, Anne Haines, Ramsey Self, Kipp Simmons, Jill Smith, Cassie Sutherland, Jeremy Walterman & Bill Wood WITH Bridget Angles, Josh Arellano, Lauren Bridge, Blane Brungardt, Natalie Dickter, Emmy Hadley, Sam Hay, Max Mammele, Delano Mendoza, Julian Rivera, Brian Shortess & Kimberly Wood Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside-down, however, when her boyfriend dumps her so he can start getting serious about his life and attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle uses her charm to get into Harvard Law. At school, she struggles with peers, professors, and Warner Huntington. With the help of Paulette and Emmett, though, Elle quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW: http://barnblonde.brownpapertickets.com

Barney Awards & Volunteer of the Year Appreciation Celebration A capacity crowd joined us on Saturday, January 30th as The Barn celebrated our volunteers and awarded favorite performances of 2015. The winners, as judged by Equity actors were: Best Supporting Actress Katie Bartow -(Miss Dorothy Brown) Thoroughly Modern Millie Dee Dee Diemer - (Hesther Salomon, A Magistrate) - Equus Best Supporting Actor Reed Uthe - (Franz Liebkind) - The Producers Best Choreography Guy Gardner - Catch Me If You Can Best Technical Achievement Sean Bailey - Sound Design - Equus Featured Performance Julian Rivera -(Ching Ho) - Thoroughly Modern Millie Judges' Choice James Levy (Rod)- Avenue Q Mark Reeder (Nicky) - Avenue Q Best Actress Kay Noonan -(Ouisa) Six Degrees of Separation Best Actor Preston O'ffill - (Frank Abagnale Jr.) - Catch Me If You Can Musical Direction Kevin Bogan - Thoroughly Modern Millie Best Direction Diane Bulan - Equus Best Production Catch Me If You Can Our 2015 Volunteer of the Year was Chris Palmer for his dedication to helping build so many of the sets seen on The Barn stage.

Welcome to some new members of The Barn family! Board Members Curt Crespino and Kay Noonan Curt was pleased to be invited to serve on the board having spent a better part of 20 years performing and/or enjoying Barn productions. A resident of Kansas City for 25 years, Curt is an ardent arts lover and feels privileged to have come to know and experience the amazing theatre arts scene in this great community. Kay is General Counsel for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a 501(c)(3) organization supporting state regulation of insurance. She was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa and received her undergraduate degree in history and political science from Loras College. She received her J.D. from the University Of Iowa College Of Law and moved to Kansas City where her legal career has included private practice, corporate counsel in the pharmaceutical industry as well as her current position. She is active in community theatre as a performer and previously served two terms on the Theatre in the Park Advisory Council, including two years as Chair. Social Media Intern Anne Elise Dimas is a senior at the University of Kansas majoring in Strategic Communications. She will be graduating in May and hopes to pursue a career in advertising. Anne Elise is an active member of her sorority, Sigma Kappa, and is currently involved with Rock Chalk Revue. She was an avid theater nerd in high school and is very excited to get back to her roots with The Barn Players. We look forward to working with Curt, Kay and Anne Elise and are excited to have their input in the board room and out in the community.

Portable AED (difibulator) Refresher Course If you are one of our volunteers, actors or directors and would like a brief demonstration on using our portable AED, please join our board on Saturday, February 13th at 10:30 a.m. It will only take a few minutes, is free of charge and might save a life. Rex Taylor with Kansas City First Aid will be leading the demonstration. No reservation needed.

2016 Seasonal Flex Pass Now Available Seasonal Flex Passes for our 2016 season are on sale now. This season consists of: Legally Blonde: The Musical, Jane Eyre, The Graduate, The Elephant Man, Kiss Of The Spider Woman and Nice Work If You Can Get It. With your Pass you receive six tickets for the price of five but the flexibility of how you use your tickets is up to you. Come to all six shows, bring a guest to three shows...the choice is all yours! You also are entitled to reserved seats for you and your guests, name recognition in the program, 20% discount for advertising in our program, and free admission to our musical benefit, Sondheim on Sondheim. Flex Passes and Gift Certificates are available on The Barn web site at http://www.thebarnplayers.org/tickets/.

See a show for free! Volunteer to work concessions, box office or usher and see our show for free! The Barn is always looking for volunteers. You don't have to volunteer for every show but only when you choose. If you are not currently on our Volunteer List and are interested, please email your name, email address and phone number to Pam Craven at volu...@thebarnplayers.org.

Upcoming Audition Dates These dates are tenative as of now. More information will be posted as it becomes available. All the information you'll need, plus who to email should questions arise, is located at http://www.thebarnplayers.org/auditions JANE EYRE - FEB 6 & 7 SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM - FEB 6 & 7 THE ELEPHANT MAN - MAR 26-27 THE GRADUATE - APR 9 & 10 KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN - MAY 21 & 22 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT - JUN 18 & 19

You shop. Amazon gives to The Barn. When you buy on line through Amazon, they will now donate 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases to The Barn. Go to smile.amazon.com for more information. Just one more way you can painlessly support The Barn Players.

What Our Friends Are Doing Coming next to the Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) stage: "Dogfight", Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Book by Peter Duchan, Based on the Warner Bros. film and Screenplay by Bob Comfort, Directed by Craig Fisher, February 19-March 6, 2016. Support the arts in Kansas City!